[Answer ID: 14992]
TeraStation - Supported RAID Arrays
TeraStation supports many types of RAID. The type of RAID arrays available for use depends on how many drives are installed in your TeraStation.
: RAID mode by default
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* The default RAID mode for 12-drive TeraStations is RAID 6. 4-drive models come in RAID 5 by default.
** For EU only.
RAID 6
RAID 6 arrays are available for TeraStations with 4 or more hard drives. RAID 6 combines 4 or more drives into a single array. The usable space is equal to the sum of the capacity of all drives minus the capacity of two drives. For example, if 4 drives are combined into a RAID 6 array, the usable space is the sum of the capacity of 2 drives. If 2 drives in the array are damaged, you can recover data by replacing them. If 3 or more drives are damaged, your data is lost.
RAID 61
RAID 61 arrays are available for TeraStations with 8 or more drives. In this mode, two RAID 6 arrays are mirrored in a RAID 1 array. 8 drives in a RAID 61 array have a usable capacity of 2 × the capacity of the smallest drive.
RAID 60
RAID 60 arrays are available for TeraStations with 8 or more drives. In this mode, two RAID 6 arrays are combined in a RAID 0 array. 8 drives in a RAID 60 array will have a usable capacity of 4 × the capacity of the smallest drive.
RAID 5
RAID 5 arrays are available for TeraStations with 3 or more hard drives. RAID 5 combines 3 or more drives into a single array. The usable space is equal to the sum of the capacity of the hard drives minus the capacity of one drive. For example, if 4 drives are combined into a RAID 5 array, the usable space is the sum of 3 drives. If one drive in the array is damaged, you can recover data by replacing the damaged drive. If two or more drives are damaged at the same time, your data is lost.
RAID 51
RAID 51 arrays are available for TeraStations with 6 or more hard drives. In this mode, two RAID 5 arrays are combined into a RAID 1 array. The total usable space for 6 drives in a RAID 51 array is 2 × the capacity of the smallest drive. For 8 drives, the total usable capacity is 3 × the capacity of the smallest drive.
RAID 50
RAID 50 arrays are available for TeraStations with 6 or more hard drives. In this mode, two RAID 5 arrays are combined into a RAID 0 array. The total usable space for 6 drives in a RAID 50 array is equal to 4 × the capacity of the smallest drive. For 8 drives, the total usable space is equal to 6 × the capacity of the smallest drive.
RAID 10
RAID 10 arrays are available for TeraStations with 4 or more hard drives. In this mode, mirrored pairs of drives in RAID 1 arrays are combined into a RAID 0 array. The usable space is equal to the capacity of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drives ÷ 2.
RAID 1
Combines 2 drives into a mirrored array. The available space in the array is the capacity of a single drive. Identical data is written to each drive. If a drive is damaged, data can be recovered by replacing the damaged drive. As long as one drive in the array remains undamaged, all data in the array can be recovered.
RAID 0
Combines 2 or more hard drives into a single array. The usable disk space is the total space of all drives used. This simple RAID mode offers faster performance than RAID modes that include parity. If a single drive in the array fails, then all data in the array is lost.
JBOD
This mode uses the hard drives inside the TeraStation as individual drives. The disk space you can use is the total capacity of all drives in the TeraStation. If any drive is damaged, then the data on that drive is lost.
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